Senior Cyber Programme Engineer

Company Profile: AXISCADES is a leading, end to end engineering solutions and product company. We bring expertise that caters to the digital, engineering, and smart manufacturing needs of large enterprises. With decades of experience in creating innovative, sustainable, and safer products worldwide, AXISCADES delivers business value across the entire engineering lifecycle.

Our deep domain expertise and engineering solution portfolio covers the complete product development lifecycle from concept evaluation to manufacturing support and certification for the Aerospace, Defence, Heavy Engineering, Automotive, Medical Devices & Industrial Product industries.

AXISCADES is headquartered in Bangalore and has offices across India, North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. URL: .

What you’ll do (key responsibilities)

• Programme leadership

• Orchestrate concept-to-launch plans aligned to PCDS; drive critical paths, dependencies, and gateways.

• Run daily/weekly control cycles, RAID, and change control; escalate smartly and early when support is needed.

• Prepare dashboards and executive packs on delivery status, resource loading, and cost/forecast (CAPEX/OPEX).

• Manage SAP budgets, contribute to SOMP summaries, and ensure funding aligns to programme priorities.

• Stakeholder & governance

• Build strong relationships with engineering, Cyber Chapter, Product Creation & Delivery, Finance, Purchasing, and supplier partners.

• Govern against applicable standards and frameworks; ensure decisions are well-informed, data-backed, and timely.

• Provide clear, proactive comms—stakeholders hear from you before they need to ask.

• Integrated software & cyber delivery

• Plan and deliver integrated software packs for propulsion and cross-domain ECUs (e.g., GWM, TCU, BCM, VCM).

• Lead system requirements reviews; apply Failure Mode Avoidance principles and DFMEA/PFMEA inputs into plans.

• Coordinate security features and readiness: VKMS/crypto agility, HSM/SecOC, secure boot & SW signing, firewalling, IDS, IPsec/TLS, logging/telemetry.

• Ensure sufficient test coverage for HIL rigs and on-vehicle verification; align test cases to requirements and risks.

• Issue resolution & quality

• Drive cross-functional root-cause analysis using AIMS/Jira; apply structured problem-solving and “fix-forward” plans.

• Track software issue investigation, defect burn-down, containment, and effectiveness checks.

• Tie every risk/issue to an owner, date, and measurable outcome; report with solutions, not excuses.

• Planning & readiness

• Create high-level status summaries for gateways; manage integrated plans across Engineering & Industrialisation.

• Prepare reports and trackers for vehicle usage of engineering fleets; coordinate gateways, trials, and sign-off events.

• Maintain compliance evidence (security requirements, TARAs, pen-test findings, mitigations, audits).

What you’ll need (skills & experience)

• Background: Technical degree or equivalent experience in software, controls, cybersecurity, or systems integration.

• Delivery toolkit: Proven programme/project management across complex automotive or embedded systems; fluent with PCDS (or similar), Agile/Scaled Agile (Scrum/Kanban), RAID, change control, and gateway management.

• Technical depth:

• Understanding of vehicle EE architectures and multi-ECU integration; familiarity with propulsion systems and high-voltage/electrified components is a plus.

• Cybersecurity in automotive (UNECE R155, ISO 21434; exposure to ISO 26262 beneficial).

• Experience with secure software delivery lifecycles, requirement traceability, and verification planning.

• Problem-solving: Strong root-cause and cost/impact analysis; converts ambiguity into actionable plans.

• Communication: Crisp written/oral comms; builds alignment across execs, engineers, and suppliers.

• Tools: AIMS, Jira, Confluence; SAP for budgets; DOORS (or equivalent) for requirements; standard MS/Google productivity suites; HIL/validation exposure.

Nice to have

• Experience coordinating SAP budgets and SOMP contributions.

• Prior leadership across supplier ecosystems and multi-site teams.

• Knowledge of data logging/telemetry for cyber events; familiarity with IDS footprints and secure diagnostics.

• Exposure to HIL lab operations, test fleet logistics, and vehicle flash/SWDL sequences.